Hablot Knight Browne, called Phiz

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1815-1882

"Magnanimous Conduct of Mr. Guppy"

Pen and black ink, with gray wash, on tracing paper.

4 1/8 x 5 13/16 inches (105 x 148 mm)

Gift of Mr. Frederick R. Koch.

1981.67:2

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Watermark: none.
Illustration for Charles Dickens' "Bleak House," London, 1853.

Inscription:

Signed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "PHIZ"; inscribed at lower edge, "Magnanimous conduct of Mr. Guppy".

Provenance:

Sale, New York, Christie's, 22 May 1981, lot 48; Frederick R. Koch.

Associated names:

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Bleak house.
Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson), former owner.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 240.

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